Clinical characteristics of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease related hepatocellular carcinoma / 中国实用内科杂志

ABSTRACT

With the rising incidence, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease associated hepatocellular carcinoma(NAFLD-HCC) has become the main type of liver cancer. Therefore, to improve the level of clinical diagnosis and treatment of NAFLD-HCC is of great value. This paper summarized the clinical characteristics of NAFLD-HCC, and has found that the NAFLD-HCC has a special nature course,without typical clinical manifestation; it is common in male, often accompanied with the metabolic syndrome, with single tumor and good differentiation. Serology, CT imaging and pathology are important in diagnosis of NAFLD-HCC. Improve living habits and strengthen exercise can prevent the occurrence of NAFLD-HCC. Drug and surgical treatment is still the most important means to treat NAFLD-HCC, while the effects of those treatments used in NAFLD-HCC have no significant difference compared with that used in other types of liver cancer. To summarize clinical features will help improve the level of diagnosis and treatment of NAFLD-HCC.It's necessary to constantly explore the pathogenesis of NAFLD-HCC in order to formulate the individualized prevention strategy of NAFLD-HCC which is of great significance.